How to get off a jury

[Flyn]

Ex cop talks about the jury process and how to get off (or on) one.

His channel has some interesting stuff if you want inside info from an ex cop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UcvltVgI0U

Part 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqHPhU2P-os

Click to read more...

 

[b00sted]

I got out of Grand Jury duty by telling the woman flat out that I was self employed(at the time), and expecting me to shut down my life for 30 days so I can serve on a grand jury is asinine. She agreed and I was sent home about an hour later.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

I just use my two addresses (one is in Kane and the other DuPage) against one another.

When a notice comes to the house in Elgin, I claim I've moved to the other house since I voted and prove that address... I never hear back from them again.

 

[sickmint79]

tell them you believe in jury nullification

 

[Flyn]

Shit. He did a part 3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h00v5234aXw

If I mentioned my dad was a police commissioner and I grew up with cops, I'd be instantly gone.

 

[zenriddles]

I told them that I thought both lawyers up there asking questions were total slimeballs and in all honesty I didn't believe I could view their client without bias against their representatives.

BAM. 30 seconds out the door.

 

[daturbosix]

last time i got the letter, i called them, and told them i was the primary caretaker for my infant child.

boom, excused.

 

[blakbearddelite]

I haven't received a jury duty request since the 90's. It's kind of odd.

 

[radioguy6]

I usually get summoned after a visit to the DMV. Never sat in on a case for longer than 30 seconds. And for some reason Cook county always wants to send me to 26th and California, when I'm 10-15 mins from the Rolling Meadows courthouse

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Somehow never gotten a jury duty summons.

 

[nytebyte]

You guys really should be doing your duty and serving on a jury. I know if I had a court case and needed a jury, I'd want them to be a "jury of my peers", not crackheads off the street.

 

[Kensington]

I've been getting them every other year, like clockwork, for the last 6 or so years.

Last time was the "closest" I got to being put on a jury. I really think it depends on the judge you get, whether you can get a hardship excuse. The judge I had gave exactly zero fucks about your business, clients, patients, whatever. She was more inclined to let you go for family reasons. But the real trick, it seemed, was to make yourself an "expert" on a subject critical to the case, when the attorneys are questioning the jurors. They don't want anyone too knowledgeable on the subject. The case I was up for was a civil case where a family was suing a pickup truck driver that was towing a trailer that pulled out in front of a motorcycle and killed the rider. I was an "expert" on pickups and towing

 

[sickmint79]

You guys really should be doing your duty and serving on a jury. I know if I had a court case and needed a jury, I'd want them to be a "jury of my peers", not crackheads off the street.

i've never had one but i would be interested in going through the experience. also terrified of the thinking skills of some people who i would hope never get on a jury.

 

[Kensington]

Given the right circumstances, I'd love to sit on a jury. This last time, I had just started a new job within the last week, and didn't feel it was an appropriate time to take a week or more off.

 

[Spectragod]

Just don’t show up. The summons doesn’t come registered nor are you served, don’t want to go, drop it in the shredder. If anyone ever asks, admit nothing, deny everything and demand proof.

Your welcome....

 

[Kensington]

That's bad advice

https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/jury-dodgers-what-really-happens-if-you-ignore-your-jury-summons

 

[CMNTMXR57]

I was going to say, the summons even tells you that there are penalties for ignoring it, be it financial or other.

As to avoiding it (doing Jury Duty), I have zero care and zero time to do it.

 

[boostedguy05]

i've only gotten two. both were standby, both were call the day before. neither were my "groups" needed.

 

[Kensington]

Illinois and Cook County can and will go after you for failing to appear

 

[importcrew]

Knock on wood but I've never been summoned before.

 

[Spectragod]

That's bad advice

https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/jury-dodgers-what-really-happens-if-you-ignore-your-jury-summons

Just doing a quick read over of what you posted......

“By some estimates, as many as 25 percent of jury summons really do get lost in the mail, because of outdated or inaccurate address information”

And you think you can be held liable? If you don’t sign for it or were served, they best have a way to prove it ever got to you.

As for me, I get paid for jury duty, but never get selected for some reason. So I go in for 2 hours, get the whole day off with pay. Unless I get selected, I went 7 times for jury duty a couple of years back, I love days off.

You can do as you wish, show up or don’t, I can tell you one thing for certain, the 7 visits I did in one year, I saw most of the same people, over and over.

 

[Kensington]

You can only be selected for jury duty once a year at most

 

[Spectragod]

You can only be selected for jury duty once a year at most

Not in Ohio

 

[Shawn1112]

Illinois and Cook County can and will go after you for failing to appear

Prove you received the summons. I have thrown those fucking things in the garbage since I was probably 18yrs old and I'm now 43yrs old. My wife has done the same. I wont sign for shit that comes via USPS unless I'm expecting something and tracking tells me its coming that day

 

[Spectragod]

Prove you received the summons. I have thrown those fucking things in the garbage since I was probably 18yrs old and I'm now 43yrs old. My wife has done the same. I wont sign for shit that comes via USPS unless I'm expecting something and tracking tells me its coming that day

^^^This^^^